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The Shamans of Scientism

On the occasion of Stephen W. Hawking's 60th trip around the sun, we consider a social phenomenon that reveals something deep about human nature

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Michael Shermer is publisher of Skeptic magazine (www.skeptic.com) and a Presidential Fellow at Chapman University. His new book is Heavens on Earth: The Scientific Search for the Afterlife, Immortality, and Utopia (Henry Holt, 2018).

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 286 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “The Shamans of Scientism” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 286 No. 6 ()